Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society
Volume 1 and Volume 2
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“The new ‘bible’ of Post-secondary education.”
-Paul Cappon, President of the Canadian Council on Learning
“An exceptionally useful and interesting review.”
-Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland
“The reference text for the future debate on tertiary education.”
-José Joaquín Brunner, Professor and Director,
Centre for Comparative Education Policies, University of Diego Portales, Chile
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Setting the Right Course: Steering Tertiary Education
When the OECD was formed in 1961, tertiary education was not a leading concern of most member governments. Tertiary education, which was typically synonymous with university education, was not seen to be central to the well-being of most citizens or to the fortunes of national economies. Rather, it was a means of training members of learned professions, scholars, and civil servants.
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